Senior Program Manager, Perception Data Operations
Mountain View, CA$132k - $198kfull-timePosted 1mo ago
About the role
Senior Program Manager responsible for translating perception feature requirements into data deliverables, managing vendor allocation and budget, and tracking outcomes, risk, and data quality across perception data pipelines for vision, LiDAR, and other modalities.
Responsibilities
- Translate company-wide perception feature needs into detailed, actionable data deliverables covering vision, LiDAR, and additional sensor modalities.
- Own the end-to-end labeling process, from data availability through an outcome Perception can train on, directing data annotation partners to execute against that bar.
- Manage vendor allocation and budgeting in direct alignment with Nuro's milestone and release timelines.
- Oversee large-scale vendor and managed service provider relationships against quality, latency, and volume targets, and hold them accountable when performance drifts.
- Define and maintain clear, current tracking of outcomes, risk, and data quality so that status is never a surprise to engineering or leadership.
- Own quality as an outcome: define what "good" looks like for deliverables within pipelines, and hold vendors to that bar before problems surface downstream.
- Identify root causes for quality dips (isolated labeling error vs broader process failure) and address them.
- Translate high-level product roadmaps and engineering requirements into granular operational execution plans, with resource allocation and throughput modeled explicitly.
- Query databases directly using SQL (Python a plus) to analyze throughput and quality metrics and generate reporting.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in Technical Program Management or Operations Strategy, managing complex, cross-functional programs within technology, autonomous driving, or AI/ML.
- Demonstrated ability to translate high-level product roadmaps and engineering requirements into granular operational execution plans, including managing resource allocation and throughput for large-scale workflows.
- Experience overseeing large-scale vendor operations or managed service providers, specifically against quality, latency, and volume targets.
- Proficiency with SQL to query databases, analyze throughput metrics, and generate reports independently.
- Track record of holding vendors accountable to a quality bar defined by the candidate.
Skills
Required:Technical Program ManagementVendor ManagementSQL
Benefits
- annual performance bonus
- equity
- competitive benefits package
Last updated Sep 9, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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